Example sentences of "in [pron] [adj] right [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chapels may be eligible in their own right if they are outstanding buildings ( grade I or II* ) , or on townscape grounds if they are in conservation areas . |
| 2 | These freight forwarders frequently act either as carriers in their own right when they consolidate multiple shippers ' cargo and hire space on the vessel or vessels involved in the maritime leg of the journey . |
| 3 | Of course , with economic activity rates among women peaking at around two-thirds for married women in middle age and four-fifths for non-married women in their twenties and early thirties , there are a significant proportion who never experience ‘ retirement ’ from paid employment in their own right because they have withdrawn from the labour market long before formal retirement age . |
| 4 | So neither the UK parent nor any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries qualify as small companies in their own right as they are members of an ineligible group . |
| 5 | The vital link — the ‘ first ancestress ’ — was James I 's granddaughter , Sophia of the Palatinate [ q.v. ] , who by the Act of the Protestant Succession of June 1701 would have become queen in her own right if she had outlived Queen Anne . |
| 6 | On the whole it seems likely that the Channel Tunnel will have a minor regional impact in its own right although it could bring short term benefits to depressed areas through , for example , the awarding of Tunnel-related contracts . |
| 7 | Also , the size of union membership is an important consideration in its own right since it is one of the main indices of the unions ' industrial power . |